Citations: [2010] EWHC 1618 (Admin), [2011] PTSR 381 Links: Bailii Statutes: Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 4 30, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 224 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Planning, Crime Updated: 04 October 2022; Ref: scu.420423
The Council appealed against decision of the Magistrates Court rejecting its claim of the breach of planning law by the placing of motor vehicles on the respondent’s land. Judges: Munby LJ, Langstaff J Citations: [2010] EWHC 2929 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: e Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 SI 2007/783 4, … Continue reading Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council v Windy Bank Dairy Farm Ltd and Another: Admn 12 Nov 2010
The term ‘knowledge or consent’ is to be construed disjunctively. The absence of consent is a defence. Citations: Times 06-Jul-1993, Ind Summary 12-Jul-1993 Statutes: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 224-5 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Planning Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.80255
The authority gave permission for a road-side sign on condition that it was kept clean and tidy. They later issued a notice requiring its removal, complaining that it had become overgrown and partly obscured. The sign and site were tidied, but the authority prosecuted. They appealed the magistrates dismissal of the information. On appeal the … Continue reading Hertsmere Borough Council v Reid Estates Ltd: QBD 22 Jun 2000
Where the defendant was accused of affixing posters to lampposts contrary to the Act, the defence under the section was available to him only if he could show that he had no knowledge or had not consented to the posters being displayed in this manner. The knowledge and consent were disjunctive, and he might still … Continue reading Gillingham Borough Council v Cock: QBD 1 Mar 1993
A ‘shop window’ for planning purposes means a window in a shop through which the shop or the wares of the shop can be seen. Times 02-Jan-1998, [1997] EWHC Admin 1015 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 224(3) England and Wales Planning Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.137960
The defendant estate agency appealed its conviction for continuing to display ‘To Let’ boards for more than the permitted time. The prosecutor relied upon the signs indicating that the property had been let.
Held: The fact that the sign said . .
The claimant sought damages after the planning authority allowed the first defendant to conduct a manufacturing business in the course of which spraying activities took place which caused them personal injuries and loss of business. Held: The planning system is a regulatory system as envisaged in X (Minors), such that there should be no private … Continue reading Regina v Lam and Others (T/a ‘Namesakes of Torbay’) and Borough of Torbay: CA 30 Jul 1997
Appeal against conviction for unauthorised advertising hoarding. Citations: [1996] EWHC Admin 188 Links: Bailii Statutes: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 8224 Planning, Media Updated: 25 May 2022; Ref: scu.136736
Application under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, challenging the decision of an inspector appointed by the First Secretary of State on a planning appeal. Judges: Richards J Citations: [2005] EWHC 521 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Planning Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.224095